HubSpot Cofounder and CTO, Dharmesh Shah, joins Cameron Adams to explore how AI agents are reshaping work, leadership, and creativity. From culture-as-a-product to tech-powered parenting, Dharmesh shares insights into why he’s still betting on humans, even in the age of powerful AI tools. From building culture as a product to tech-powered parenting, Dharmesh shares insights into why he’s still betting on humans,  even in the age of powerful AI tools.

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Key Quotes: 

“Culture is the product you build for your team.”

“I think of an AI agent as a very adept intern… But when they show up for their first day of work, they don’t know about your business, they don’t know about your policies, they don’t know about their teammates. They don’t know anything other than all the external training that they’ve had.”

“In a way, creativity is combining primitives that already exist in novel and unique ways… AI is good at connecting the dots ”

“Money is still on the humans. I’m sorry. Humans powered by AI — if they want to use AI, fine — but I want someone that’s got that taste.”

Timestamps 

00:40 Welcome + Intro to Dharmesh

01:28 The Prompt: The Casio keyboard that changed Dharmesh’s life

03:47 The spark behind Agent.ai and its growth to 2M users

06:13 Dharmesh’s process for building agents 

07:04 Can AI truly be creative? 

11:47 Hybrid teams: will agents ever be true teammates?

15:12 The “adept intern” analogy and why onboarding matters

17:57 How AI amplifies creativity across writing, design, and music

20:01 Meta prompting: Dharmesh’s trick for better results

23:56 Culture is a product — lessons from HubSpot

28:19 Tech-powered parenting and raising the next generation with AI

32:00 Sorry, Must Pass: Dharmesh’s philosophy on focus

33:15 Outcome-based pricing: can you charge for creativity?

37:10 Money still on the humans — why taste and judgment matter

40:04 All-star creative team picks

43:00 Designer reveal with Paolo

44:52 Rapid-fire questions

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Designer, illustrator, and creative entrepreneur Pablo Stanley joins Cameron Adams, to explore how AI is transforming creativity. From vibe coding and cultivating taste to the rise of hyper-personalized content, they dive into how AI is reshaping the creative process. Pablo shares his thoughts on the role of taste, the importance of friction and how he uses vibe coding to bring prototypes to life. 

Cam’s notes on Substack: promptedwithcam.substack.com

Key Quotes: 

“AI can do a lot of stuff. It can do volume and it can do it really quick and can give you all the different options, but taste will allow you to know what to ask from it.”

“We’re on the sidelines looking at the robot surf and saying like, no, you’re doing the surfing wrong, but the robot is doing the surfing. It’s the fun part, you know?”

“I wish sometimes that LLMs…potentially have a slider or something that’s the friction slider…at the moment, it feels like it’s all the way up and it’s always…just like a yes man, and it’s always saying, yes, you’re the best.”

“Taste is a skill that you have to develop. It’s a skill that comes with privilege too.”

Timestamps 

00:44 Welcome + Intro to Pablo

02:03 The prompt - from Pablo’s head, to the page, to AI 

05:47 From six-finger hands to stunning renders: how fast AI has improved

06:23 Low-risk projects and AI experimentation

08:50 Building Lummi & real team workflows (language, contracts, ops)

15:28 “AI makes volume, taste makes value” — the privilege of developing taste

18:56 Hyper-personalized feeds, Minority Report vibes, and brand content

23:03 Creative friction: do we need a “friction slider” for AI feedback?

27:44 Vibe coding: creating fast prototypes (+ Taco cameo 🐶)

35:07 All-Star Creative Team

37:41 Designer Reveal: Check out Alvin, Pablo and AI’s collaboration 

39:45 Rapid-fire questions

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As AI evolves from just a tool to a trusted collaborator, the creative process is being rewritten. Prompted: AI, People and the Creative Spark is a show about this new era, when human inspiration meets artificial intelligence, and new forms of creativity, leadership, and invention take shape.

Hosted by Canva’s Co-founder and Chief Product Officer, Cameron Adams, each episode brings you insight and direction from the leading voices at the intersection of AI and human ingenuity. These are the thinkers and builders reimagining what’s possible when we start treating AI as a co-creator.

If you're curious about the future of creativity, and the people bold enough to shape it, you're in the right place.

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